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Rise of the Robot Surgeons:

NHS Goes Full Sci-Fi to Clear Hospital Backlog

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Chris Geiger
May 07, 2025
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Brace yourselves. The robots are coming. Not to annihilate humanity (yet), but to slice open your knees and hips with surgical precision… and possibly more charisma than your average consultant.

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Yes the NHS, in a move that sounds like the plot of a slightly budget Black Mirror episode, is deploying robot surgeons to help clear the Everest-sized waiting l…

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